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out⋅wit

[out-wit]
–verb (used with object), -wit⋅ted, -wit⋅ting.
1. to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
2. Archaic. to surpass in wisdom or knowledge.

Origin:
1645–55; out- + wit 1


1. outguess, outfox, outmaneuver, outthink, finesse.
out·wit   (out-wĭt')   
tr.v.   out·wit·ted, out·wit·ting, out·wits
  1. To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart.
  2. Archaic To surpass in intelligence.

Outwit

Out*wit"\, v. t. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! --Gauden.

Outwit

Out"wit\, n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
Language Translation for : outwit
Spanish: burlar, ser más listo que,
German: überlisten,
Japanese: だしぬく

outwit 
"to get the better of by superior wits," 1652, from out + wit (q.v.).
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